Vytautas (given name)


Vytautas is a pre-Christian Lithuanian given name derived from East Baltic roots vyti/vyd "chase, pursuer; to see" and tauta "land; country," first attested from Vytautas the Great. This name has become a popular Lithuanian masculine given name.

In other languages

In Slavic languages, its Polish form is Witold, which later on was rendered as Vitold in Belarusian, Vitoldas in Lithuanian, and Vitol'd in Russian.
Other forms became Vytaut, Witowt and Vitovt.

Notable people

Notable people with the name Vytautas or Vitautas include: